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Category: illustration

Old Boots 1990-2017

I found this sketch in a pile in the garage at Christmas – from my black and white pre-1994 days … More

Alistair McDonald, black and white illustration, boots image, New Zealand, NZ, Painting, Porirua, sepia ink, Wellington

Temple in Bangkok

Sketched this in Bangkok in April 1978. Since then, the blue ballpoint ink almost completely faded and acid spots have … More

Alistair McDonald, Bangkok temple, black and white illustration, Porirua, Wellington

Sketches of South East Asia

Click through for 12 sketches/(coffee) washes from VietNam, Cambodia and Java Feb-April 2016

Alistair McDonald, art, black and white illustration, colour colorblind artist, New Zealand, NZ, Porirua, Viet nam images

Mokotahi, the house

An old tin boatshed, or stables maybe, converted into a beachhouse on the seafront at Mahia. A bit Aubrey Beardsley, … More

Alistair McDonald, Beardsley, black and white illustration, Boatsheds, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, mahia, mokotahi, New Zealand, Porirua, Wellington

Avez-vous du sucre?

Based on my earlier painting The Neighbours. Noticed later that the right side building and awning are (accidentally) a bit Escher! … More

Alistair McDonald, black and white illustration, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, New Zealand, pen and ink, Porirua, Wellington

10 years of Fish

Tropical fish invented after snorkeling in the Pacific – many more below For several of the last 10 years or so, … More

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, Porirua, tropical fish, Wellington

Taranaki Gate

2 versions of a dairy farm gate near Pungarehu, Taranaki – sepia ink on paper and oils on canvasboard, both … More

Alistair McDonald, colour colorblind artist, farm gate, landscape, New Zealand, oil painting, sepia ink, Taranaki Gate

Domestic Bliss 1-6

The subtleties and body language of domestic arrangements  (other peoples’ of course!). More below. This group of pix was intended as throwaways … More

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, Domestic Bliss, New Zealand, Painting, Porirua, Wellington

The Neighbours

I like this one, putting the familiar into a new context is what cartooning does best. Acrylic on canvas 12″x15″

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, Neighbours, Painting, Porirua, tropical fish, urban France, Wellington

3 Birds

A modified toucan, gannet and flamingo, Egyptian-style. Acrylic on canvasboard 20″x20″ We spent a month there in 1982. On arrival, … More

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, art, birds, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, Egyptian art, flamingo, gannet, New Zealand, Painting, Porirua, toucan, Wellington

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